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From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
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Subject: find vs. `ls -alR | grep -i keyword`
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Does the "find" command run (usefully) faster than `ls -alR | grep -i
keyword` folks?

Invariably, I surprise myself when a conglomeration such as `find /cdrw
-name "*deep\ water*" -print` actually prints useful information (i.e. a
hit)!  Thoughts of "do I put a slash after cdrw" and "do I really need the
asterices or the backslash forcing the space"  often confuse this sysadmin
for one.  :)

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